"B" wrote in message
m...
The code says 3 foot by 3 foot landing shall be required on each side of
an
egress door, but not at the top of a flight of stairs *if* the door does
not
swing over the stairs. Yours swings over the stairs so you are in
"violation" by six inches. How about a split door that will open about 15
inches onto each side of the landing? That will be $35. -B


I don't want to do the (2) 15" doors idea but its a good creative
suggestion. The existing door is a nice oak 6 panal door.
The door swings over the landing. It might go over he step by 1/4 ", Not 6".
I can eliminate that 1/4" by making the door 1/4" narrower, or putting more
noseing on the steps or adjusting the door jam or maybe different hinges or
ignore it cause it's only 1/4". The only violation I see is the landing is
30" x 36 and it should be 36 x36. But the landing is allready there and is
probably a violation if I do nothing and must have been seen by the local
inspector when the house was new. I wish that was the worst code violation
in the house. If the landing was 36" (meeting code) and the door was 36" the
door would swing fully over the landing just like the 30" door swings over
the 30" landing.


The landing can not be altered by any reasonable means so I'm stuck with it.
The door swing is over the landing and can be installed so that it does not
swing over the first step at all. There will not be room to stand fully on
the landing while opening the door from inside the stairwell.
I guess what I want to know is: Is it ever true on a properly built to code
stairwell that there is not enough room to stand fully on the landing while
opening the door from inside the stairwell?